Toyota to sell Indonesian-made cars in Philippines

Toyota Motor will export a compact car made by Daihatsu Motor, Indonesia in the Philippines from this month.

In a staement, the company said the car was the first to be certified as a low-cost green car by the Indonesian government and is eligible for a tax break. A combined 41,500 units were sold last year.

In the Philippines,Toyota will sell the 1-liter car as the Wigo, with the steering wheel set on the left. The car will sport the Toyota emblem, as opposed to the special emblem adorning the Indonesian model.

Toyota will begin shipping the car to the Philippines and plans to start sales there at month end. The Wigo will be priced slightly higher than the roughly 1.1 million rupiah ($8,986) sticker price in Indonesia.